From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 7 20:55:20 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45B47536 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 20:55:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x22b.google.com (mail-qc0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0437B1D7B for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 20:55:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f171.google.com with SMTP id c9so662382qcz.16 for ; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:55:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=c+2l7Crb1iq9Qv/uI20agymRvGDgdDoE2Q3VaRfm+WM=; b=ZTvHXTSbrjeUZEA23+OGCK+UJqaokAHyFIj6Xt0w+cgq1xR2p9sHmpvbEMH2hzlmIS dZy4othrQhRZpQ09hxLPR19J/pl4kQvK6fp6cM90OZTyTUBwJA7TNh9SfCe5YFPZscZK 5uKhoDW2emuhVGOzQIGrSSDC7le5GsxWkDALo9hWcDzDXU0q7ZAClqGNQy0nQNoEgi9b TPLTf2OnVzl+h3yLuGdzh65JzWKI9Rsj36Ses5SIt0D/9SAnihKVyAB5o9151LDYavD1 BO7PTn7Ly61jf44NTZ8blDrohXNjCAZP4vkSM7f2o5OvEYxszeQQICmdXKQiAUmmEFtt ZJ9g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.13.141 with SMTP id c13mr186323989qaa.76.1389128119162; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:55:19 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.52.8 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 12:55:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <52CC6448.2070700@gmail.com> References: <52CB3A95.40502@gmail.com> <52CC6448.2070700@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 12:55:19 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: NbI9AF4S1-F-1NyYpn-VBgjqQks Message-ID: Subject: Re: 802.11n on FreeBSD 10.0-RC4 From: Adrian Chadd To: pbtraveller , "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:55:20 -0000 Yup! 11n normally involves going from a non-11n channel (11bg, 11a) to "upgrade" to an 11n channel. So yeah, it'll look like 11g, except it'll also use 11n rates. -a On 7 January 2014 12:32, pbtraveller wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > thanks a lot for the quick response and sorry to bug you again: > > So the "ht" in > > "media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng > status: running ssid myssid channel 4 (2427 MHz 11g ht/40+)" > > means it is running 802.11n with 2x 20MHz channels? > > I am just wondering because it says "autoselect mode 11ng" and "(2427 MHz > 11g ht/40+) irrespective of whether I use mode 11g or mode 11n in > /etc/rc.conf (i.e. ifconfig_wlan0="ssid myssid mode 11g up WPA" or > "ifconfig_wlan0="ssid myssid mode 11n up WPA"). The only difference is the > channel that is being used (channel 7 in case of mode 11g and channel 4 in > case of mode 11n). > > Also the throughput of the wifi device is still considerably lower than the > throughput of the 100 Mbit/s ethernet device of the same machine. > > Many thanks and kind regards! > > pbtraveller > > > > > > > > Am 07.01.14 00:24, schrieb Adrian Chadd: > > Nope, running 11ng! Look, says 11ng! on a ht/40 channel! Totally 11ng! > > -a > > > On 6 January 2014 15:21, pbtraveller wrote: > > Hi, > > I was told that 802.11n code for atheros wifi cards was committed to FreeBSD > 10.0. > > I am currently running a machine with FreeBSD 10.0-RC4 and the following > wifi card > > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device = 'AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)' > class = network > > I loaded the following modules at boot time by placing the following in > /boot/loader.conf > > if_ath_load="YES" > if_ath_pci_load="YES" > > When typing ifconfig -v wlan0 list channel I only get > > Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht/40+ > > and the like but no 11n > > my /etc/rc.conf looks like this > > ... > create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap" > ifconfig_wlan0="ssid myssid mode 11n up WPA"... > > ifconfig shows me that the systems is running 802.11g only > > inet6 fe80::12fe:edff:fe75:3c2b%wlan0 prefixlen 64 tentative scopeid 0x5 > nd6 options=29 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng > status: running > ssid myssid channel 4 (2427 MHz 11g ht/40+) bssid 10:fe:ed:75:3c:2b > regdomain 32924 country CN indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i > > What am I doing wrong or was 802.11n not committed to FreeBSD 10 ? > > Many thanks! > > pbtraveller > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >